diff --git a/02-peer-protocol.md b/02-peer-protocol.md
index f01362d6c..529597d88 100644
--- a/02-peer-protocol.md
+++ b/02-peer-protocol.md
@@ -408,15 +408,15 @@ Nodes SHOULD send a `closing_signed` message after `shutdown` has
 been received and no HTLCs remain in either commitment transaction.
 
 A sending node MUST set `fee_satoshis` lower than or equal to the
-fee of the final commitment transaction.
+base fee of the final commitment transaction as calculated in [BOLT #3](03-transactions.md#fee-calculation).
 
 The sender SHOULD set the initial `fee_satoshis` according to its
 estimate of cost of inclusion in a block.
 
 The sender MUST set `signature` to the Bitcoin signature of the close
 transaction with the node responsible for paying the bitcoin fee
-paying `fee_satoshis`, without populating any output which is below
-its own `dust_limit_satoshis`. The sender MAY also eliminate its own
+paying `fee_satoshis`, then removing any output which is below
+its own `dust_limit_satoshis`. The sender MAY then also eliminate its own
 output from the mutual close transaction.
 
 The receiver MUST check `signature` is valid for either the close